cis-docker-3-8

name	cis-docker-3.8
description	Ensure that registry certificate file permissions are set to 444 or more restrictively
category	cis-docker
version	1.8.0
author	cyberstrike-official
tags	["cis","docker","linux","containers","daemon-files","file-permissions","ownership"]
cis_id	3.8
cis_benchmark	CIS Docker Benchmark v1.8.0
tech_stack	["linux","docker"]
cwe_ids	[]
chains_with	[]
prerequisites	[]
severity_boost	{}

Ensure that registry certificate file permissions are set to 444 or more restrictively (Manual)

Profile Applicability

• Level 1 - Docker - Linux

Description

You should verify that all the registry certificate files (usually found under /etc/docker/certs.d/<registry-name> directory) have permissions of 444 or are set more restrictively.

Note that, by default, this directory might not exist if no registry certificate files are in place.

Rationale

The /etc/docker/certs.d/<registry-name> directory contains Docker registry certificates. These certificate files must have permissions of 444 or more restrictive permissions in order to ensure that unprivileged users do not have full access to them.

Impact

None.

Audit Procedure

You should execute the command below to verify that registry certificate files have permissions of 444 or are more restrictively set.

find /etc/docker/certs.d/ -type f -exec stat -c "%a %n" {} \;

Remediation

You should execute the following command:

find /etc/docker/certs.d/ -type f -exec chmod 0444 {} \;

This would set the permissions for the registry certificate files to 444.

Default Value

By default, the permissions for registry certificate files might not be 444. The default file permissions are governed by the system or user specific umask values which are defined within the operating system itself.

References

1. https://docs.docker.com/registry/insecure/

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v8	3.3 Configure Data Access Control Lists - Configure data access control lists based on a user's need to know. Apply data access control lists, also known as access permissions, to local and remote file systems, databases, and applications.